Verse 24

She went out and asked her mother, 'What should I ask for?' Her mother answered, 'The head of John the Baptist.'

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 27:8-9 : 8 Now, my son, listen to my voice and do what I command you. 9 Go to the flock and bring me two choice young goats, so that I can prepare a tasty meal for your father, just the way he loves it. 10 Then take it to your father to eat, so that he may bless you before he dies. 11 But Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, 'Look, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a man with smooth skin.'
  • 2 Chr 22:3-4 : 3 He also walked in the ways of Ahab’s family, for his mother encouraged him to do evil. 4 He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, like the house of Ahab, for they were his advisers after his father's death, leading to his ruin.
  • Job 31:31 : 31 if those of my household have never said, ‘Who has not been satisfied with Job’s meat?’
  • Ps 27:2 : 2 When evildoers come against me to devour my flesh, my adversaries and my enemies, they stumble and fall.
  • Ps 37:12 : 12 The wicked person plots against the righteous and gnashes his teeth at him.
  • Ps 37:14 : 14 The wicked draw the sword and bend their bows to bring down the poor and the needy, to slaughter those whose ways are upright.
  • Prov 27:3-4 : 3 A stone is heavy and sand is a burden, but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both. 4 Wrath is cruel and anger is a flood, but who can stand before jealousy?
  • Ezek 19:2-3 : 2 Say, 'What was your mother? A lioness among lions! She lay down among the young lions and raised her cubs.' 3 She brought up one of her cubs; he became a young lion. He learned to tear prey and devoured men.
  • Matt 14:8 : 8 Prompted by her mother, she said, 'Give me the head of John the Baptist here on a platter.'
  • Acts 23:12-13 : 12 When daylight came, some of the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves under a curse, declaring that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul. 13 There were more than forty who had taken this oath together.